Posted by newtoeire
on June 19, 2009, 8:48 am, in reply to "Re: unloading container in Dublin"
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No problem, thanks for posting... We only have a 20 ft container and a large driveway (if the driver can get into it) and can easily unload in the two free hours we have with him. My only problem is that the shipment turned out to be port to port. We had no problem with trucking our stuff on our end as we had the right truck/license the US end - we actually hauled it a couple hundred miles and then packed it ourselves. This end the 26 miles we have to haul it is by far more expensive and also customs did want to look in it but we have to pay to get it taken to their warehouse (?) first. Amazing.
: container it was door to door. The container
: landed in Cork, loaded on a truck and driven
: to our front door. We were given 2 hrs max
: to unload(40footer). After which it was
: E65/hr to the driver. We had 4 weeks to
: arrange locals, which we did to help unload
: and had it done in 1 1/2hrs. As Scott said
: you don't want to be blocking a small street
: in a housing estate so ensure you have the
: manpower to offload quickly. The house will
: be jammers with furniture/boxes but at least
: the container will be out of your hair. The
: only concern we had was that we were warned
: in advance that a customs official may meet
: the truck enroute or at our house to inspect
: the material being offloaded for what they
: would consider contraband or VAT taxable
: items circumventing customs duty so beware
: which could have slowed things down
: considerably.
:
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:
: You might start with Careline Moving and
: Storage. They are in the Golden Pages or
: check the website . www.careline.ie
: Interesting .. my move was supposed to be
: door to door too but ended at Cork. My
: shipment was part of a mixed container. We
: hired a van to go and collect the cartons.
: What a pain .
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